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Was an Apple TV set Steve Jobs’ final plan?
Update: Bloomberg reports that Jeff Robbin, who helped create the iPod in addition to the iTunes media store, is now guiding Apple’s internal development of the new TV effort.
The possibility of Apple launching a TV set has been a rumor for months, but the upcoming authorized biography of Steve Jobs seems to give it new momentum. Quoting now from author Walter Isaacson:
“‘I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,’ [Jobs] told me. ‘It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud.’ No longer would users have to fiddle with complex remotes for DVD players and cable channels. ‘It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it.’”
Viewers can now buy TV shows on Apple TV
Finally. Apple TV has pushed a software update that allows viewers to buy and watch TV shows straight from iTunes. Not only that, but Apple TV will let you watch shows purchased from other devices, too. Until now, you could only rent TV shows, thanks to the Apple TV’s memory limitations. But the new iCloud [...]
Analyst: Apple to launch subscription video service
Jefferies analyst Peter Misek has the TV industry buzzing today with a prediction that Apple is working on a huge, cloud-based video service that will take on Netflix. Misek writes in his report that Apple is close to opening a massive data center in North Carolina that will power it. Of course, Apple doesn’t comment [...]
Apple may allow TV sets to tap into AirPlay
We’ve all wondered when apps would come to Apple TV, but over the last few weeks, Apple seems to be pursuing a “second screen” approach. For starters, iPhone and iPad app developers can now integrate AirPlay technology, allowing users to watch video from their devices on their TV sets, via Apple TV. Apple has even [...]
New iPad 2 takes portable video to the next level
Steve Jobs took the wraps off the new iPad 2 today, a faster, slimmer device with a bevy of video features: two video cameras, live chat, full-featured video editing, sync to Apple TV and HDMI out. In short, the best portable video device ever made. To date, the iPad has attracted plenty of attention from [...]
Initial impression of ‘The Daily’
I’ve been playing around with “The Daily” for about an hour. It’s hardly enough time to give a full review, which I’ll write in a few days. But some initial thoughts: “The Daily” reads like a magazine, essentially. It’s a hybrid magazine-tabloid-digital product. The writing is good. There are some interactives, but The Daily needs [...]
Xfinity’s cool remote control program for iPad, iPhone
Comcast’s recently rebranded cable TV service, xfinity, has come out with an app for the iPad and iPhone that serves as a remote control for many of its boxes. I’ve been playing around with the app and I have to give credit where it’s due: it is excellent. The app instantly pulls up xfinity programming [...]
